PATNA, India, June 10 -- Patna High Court issued the following order on May 11:

1. Heard learned counsel for the appellants and learned Spl. P.P. for the State, Sri Sadanand Paswan.

2. This is an appeal under Section 14-A(2) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 (hereinafter referred to as the "SC/ST Act") against the refusal of prayer for anticipatory bail vide order dated 9-9-2025 in A.B.P. No. 4279 of 2025 passed by the learned Exclusive Special Judge S.C./S.T. (POA) Act, East Champaran at Motihari, in connection with Madhuban P.S. Case No. 192 of 2025 registered for the offences punishable under Sections 191(2), 191(3), 190, 126(2), 115(2), 76, 109, 303(2), 125(a), 125(b), 352, 351(3) of the BNS as well as Sections 3(1) (r)(s) of the SC/ST Act.

3. Learned counsel for the appellants submits that informant despite receiving notice chooses not to appear and contest. It is next submitted that appellants are persons with clean antecedent and the informant alleges that on 5-6-2025, 36 named accused persons including the appellants abused the women members of the family of the informant who had gone to the temple to offer prayer on eve of his sister's marriage, accordingly the informant and his father reached the place of occurrence and requested not to create disturbance in his sister's marriage, but accused persons started abusing and assaulted causing injury to several persons as detailed in the FIR and Suresh snatched Rs. 50,000/- from his pocket and snatched silver chain of female members, further his sister's marriage was performed under police protection.

4. Learned counsel for the appellants submits that the appellants have been falsely implicated in the instant case by the informant. It is next submitted that from perusal of the allegations as alleged in the FIR, it would manifest that allegation of abuse and assault is general and omnibus in nature. It is also submitted that it does not appear probable that all accused in one go would have abused the informant and his side by taking caste name. It is further submitted that no doubt marriage of the sister of the informant was to be performed on the date of occurrence, but then vulgar DJ song was being played at the door of the appellants, which was objected by the appellants and villagers, on account of which an altercation took place and both sides assaulted each other.

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